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Iran faces condemnation over plans for new nuclear plants...previous supporters which backed last week's vote. The IAEA resolution saw China and Russia join Britain, France, Germany and the United States in condemning Iran over the Qom plant. The Foreign Office and officials in the United States... In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Uranium, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United Nations Security Council, Qom, United front, and Reuters |
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 7 hours ago
US warns Iran on uranium increase
...the holy city of Qom. China and Russia, which have close links with Tehran, joined Britain, France, Germany and the US last Friday in condemning Iran over the Qom plant, which is being built inside a mountain. ''Ten new enrichment sites...
In this article: Iran, Uranium, Tehran, United States, UN Security Council, International Atomic Energy Agency, Qom, and Germany
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Times Online | 1 day ago
Iran defies world with plan for 10 new nuclear sites
China and Russia joined the United States, Britain, France and Germany in backing an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution censuring Iran and ordering it to halt construction of a secret uranium enrichment plant near Qom.
In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Uranium, IRNA, Tehran, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, UN Security Council, UN, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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BBC News | 2 hours ago
Obama orders Afghan troop surge
...to "finish the job" in Afghanistan. The White House said Mr Obama was in the process of speaking to all the key US allies in the Afghan conflict, including Italy, France, Britain and Russia. The leaders were informed of the new...
In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, US, Gordon Brown, UK, White House, Italy, NATO, and Robert Gibbs
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 3 days ago
World powers seek Iran nuclear censure
...until recently. Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China sponsored the new resolution against Iran to be voted by the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board of governors, diplomats said. Diplomats...
In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Uranium, Tehran, UN, Qom, Moscow, and Mohamed ElBaradei
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GlobalPost | 2 days ago
Turkmenistan: The new Great Game
...at 2.7 tcm. Last year, an independent U.K. auditing firm, Gaffney, Cline & Associates, carried out an audit of the country's major South Yolotan-Osman field in western Turkmenistan, one year after it was discovered. Last month,...
In this article: Turkmenistan, Europe, Natural gas, International Energy Agency, and Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
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Russia (pronounced: /en-us-Russia.ogg/; rrɐˈsʲijə), officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation (rrɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈraʦəjə), is a country in northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia together). It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait). At 17075400 km2, Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth’s land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an energy superpower.
It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
- Name:
- Russia
- Capital:
- Moscow
- Language:
- Russian official throughout the country; twenty-seven others co-official in various regions
- Largest City:
- Moscow
- Government type:
- Federal semi-presidential republic
- Legislature:
- Federal Assembly
- Upper House:
- Federation Council
- Lower House:
- State Duma
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1363
- Formations:
- Kievan Rus'
- Area:
- 6,592,800
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $2.264 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.676 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 52nd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 8th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $11,807
- Currency:
- Ruble
- Demonym:
- Russian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- RUB
- Country Calling Code:
- +7
- ccTLD:
- .ru (.su reserved), (.рф 2009)
- Anthem:
- Государственный гимн Российской Федерации
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